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Chapter 7.149 - Verse 31

Sanskrit Text

गृहीत्वा महाकायं राक्षसेन्द्रमलंबलम् उद्यम्य न्यवधीद्भूमौ मयं विष्णुरिवाहवे

English Translation

Then seizing that foremost of the Rakshasas, namely, the huge-bodied Alambusha, he raised him high and then dashed him against the earth, like Vishnu dashing Maya against the ground.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

गृहीत्वा | च | महत् + काय | राक्षस + इन्द्र | अलंबलम्
उद्यम्य | न्यवधीद् | भूमौ | मयं | विष्णुर् | इव + आहव